Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-25

scomvilss fran Huhst Hove Bs.-
ssofsss Pspalar Tribunsla

lCompilsd fran HnbsEt Hove B4n-
sroff's Psp1iaE TribanalzI
Casmnean. ordez. and phfIospphia
GOODNESS ehaF1etaFizsd The pEocse1tnRa
of sons q ths popzlsr tTibunals b
Calffoxnia. The mfnsEB Of eaFly ds5s
fsis thA3 thsy mus taxa The Ian into
their own han6s foe he snpprsssion %
fampanf crime, but thsy wsns ab0nt 3
vita 9 sanss q TIE gravity sf thsiE as1s.
And snah wna tie stats az afaiEs found
BIZ o Rsxfisman who was wuF6inR IN tls
dIRzinRa. Learning that . nan hsd
been aFEezfed h . ReiehboFing ozDp
foF robbeEy and that be vas 20 Be sxs-
ouked, ths EfneE walked oE1K N he Was
curious 70 zee TIE AGAR. He found no
exaitsmsnt, and bsing unaeqanintsd
uIth any01e. spoke 70 men Standing
| Apart FROM the otheEs.
"Win ycu tell me which 10 the man TO
be ha1Rsd7'
Il believe is's I. sis," vas the reply,
without aha change Of q mnssls IN his
oountanance. Half IN hour after tbs
fellow was swinging from tree, sud
The community qaistiy dispered-
Greater hsat vas often displayed,
heweveg. A poor tsamsteR came en- the
plains With single yoke Of oxen ana
be sold them for 9 Hundred dollars IN
cold dust 10 . man Who left the plaza
immediately after ths purchase. Oa
tie same day q parss containing Q hke
amount Of dast vas stoien, and Il vas
claimed that this ves the one She pooF
tssmsaeF bad IN his possession. he Was
arrested, tried, and convicted. The
rurss was taken from him, and thirty
nine flashes we're laid on his hare bask.
No sooner uas bis whipping over, than
the poor fellow, burning over his wrong
and diagrnoe, seized pigaol and placed
IL 20 the had Of the man who bad hEss
accused him: "You ara the man Who
stole that moueyF he exclaimed. Il
kEow it. Nov confess, and quickly, OF
as sure e. there % God In heaven I'll
scatter yoaF brains e. far - powder
will blow them" Ths theEeAtened man
saw murder In the eyss Of the aeouasF.
these Was no miatakinQ 10. So the
guilty sooundEel drew the stolen dEsi
from his pocket. Thsrsupoa the en-
ragged crowd eeizsd and hanged the fei-
low 10 the nearest tree, and raised on
The sD0t seventeen hundred dollars and
presented it 20 tbs beaten teamsteT.
The miners Of Big Canon had missed
several articles fFoaa time % time. and
at length discovered some Of the stolen
property In the possession ef 9 felloW
10 The camp. They procured Chinese
gong, and beating Il, marched 40 and
down the street, calling upon all The
people 20 eome end look ct him. that
ihsy might know him forsveF sitter.
Then they conducted him out Of town
and too miles on bis way, PARTING from
hin with the injunction that be would
be hanged IL be eTsr showed himself In
that neiRhborho0d again.
Singular freaks sometimes Influenced
these rough punishers Of crime. A
horse thief vas taken from the Los An
Reies Jail By the people and given atrial
he vas sentenced 90 seventy SIGH
Iashes, and an Indian was appointed 20
iniist the puuishmant. But the prison
eF objoeasd and asked that q white mar
be substituted. Ten dollars were offeE
ed 10 anyone Who wo1ld perform the 70
pulsive task. An American, whoss
dress beteksnsd destitute circumstances
eoospted The offsr. Ths whipping va
no sooner accomplished than be "a
seized BY the crowd, placed In blanket
and violently tossed In the cir. fhii
vss repeated till a. length the poor Tel
low was allowed TO fall % heavily on
his head and shoulders a. 10 be render
ed tnsensible. The excuse given foi
this brutal conduct vas that an Amer.
can deserved such treatment Who would
offer 10 wAip one Of his own country
men for money.